Balqees Aldeek, hailing from Palestine, is a dynamic individual with a robust skill set. Holding a degree in English Language and Literature, she possesses exceptional intercultural communication skills. Her experience as an exchange alumna enhanced her cross-cultural adaptability, while her roles as a News Anchor and Teacher showcased her engagement abilities, specifically in coordination, fundraising, compliance, and quality assessment. 

Yara Farahat joined the Creative Leadership team in 2021 after having been a participant herself and having drawn inspiration, growth, and healing from the conference and her collaboration with the IofC Lebanon team. She has lived in her three home countries, Ivory Coast, Canada, and Lebanon, and is interested in culture, traveling, and languages. Yara is also passionate about writing, art, storytelling, social entrepreneurship, social change, people and their stories.

Hajar Bichri is from Morocco. Her first experience with IofC was in 2016 in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme. Since then she has been to Caux multiple times and taken part in different programmes in various capacities. She served in the Forum Secretariat, worked with Tools for Changemakers and was closely involved with many of the wonderful conferences. Hajar joined the Creative Leadership team in 2019 and supported the conference in communications.

Manuela Garay works as an office manager for an environmental organization in Canada. She has a passion for communication and believes it is a key to help make the world a better place. Through storytelling, using mainly words and photographs, she hopes to inspire people to take care of their surroundings and of one another. Manuela took part in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme (CPLP) in 2017 and is excited to continue her involvement through the Creative Leadership conference and Weaving Our Narratives course.

Jonas Truneh is from the UK and first came to Caux in 2017 for the Just Governance for Human Security conference and returned the following year as a member of the 2018 Caux Scholars Program. These experiences affirmed to him the importance of the values of IofC. In 2019 he was a member of the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme where he was given the opportunity to explore the true meaning of leadership with an international cohort of inspiring changemakers. He has since been a member of the Creative Leadership team.

Nuhu Abdulmalik is a trained educator, graphics designer, video editor, photographer, actor, radio drama script writer and producer and loves creativity and innovation. Nuhu believes in teamwork and is convinced that friendship is a lubricant that smoothens interpersonal relationships.

Sinda Arfaoui currently serves as a Program Coordinator and Virtual Exchange Facilitator at Soliya. Prior to this, she spent two years as an English Language Teacher in Tunisia and one year as a Fulbright Arabic Language Teaching Assistant at Boston University. Sinda is an alumna of the MEPI Student Leaders program, where she pursued summer courses in Civic Engagement and Leadership at Montana State University in 2018.

Maruee Pahuja is a Visual Artist, Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner and an Arts-Informed Ecotherapy Practitioner. She is currently working as an Ocularist and Specialty Contact Lens Consultant at Natasha Eye Care and Research Centre and is the creative trainings co-lead for People Beyond Borders. Maruee is driven by the curiosity to find intersections in the fields of arts and science. She loves gardening and is often found sailing on the ship of her imagination.

Asmaa Sleem is Egyptian and believes that the main hope of any nation lies in the education of its youth. She is also convinced that hope for this world means spreading peace, mindfulness, justice and moral integrity through people’s education, raising awareness, living consciously and the power of togetherness. She sees herself as a lifelong learner and has worked in peace facilitation and conflict transformation.